Thane: Model and actress Meera Chopra was administered vaccination by showing her as a frontline worker, BJP’s Thane unit president and MLC Niranjan Davkhare alleged on Saturday.

BJP leader Manohar Dumbre claimed that Chopra known as Nila in Tamil films and who has acted in Telugu and Hindi films as well received her shot recently at the Parking Plaza vaccination center. The actor posted a picture of her vaccination on social media, but removed it following the controversy. She was not available for comment.

Davkhare said that the agency, Om Sai Aarogya Care Pvt Ltd, has shown the actor as their employee and supervisor. He said that he wanted to know if she was employed by the agency or was just given the card only to enable her to get the jab.

The identity card issued by the agency, which manages the Covid centers of the Thane civic body has her photograph as supervisor, said Davkhare. He told journalists that the agency managing the Parking Plaza vaccination drive were indulging in irregularities and there have been numerous complaints, which need to be probed.

He added that the employees of the agency had been held while smuggling medicines from the center in the past. Sandeep Malvi, TMC public relations officer said that they will look into the matter.